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Teatro La Fenice

La Fenice theatre, built by a company of upper-tier block holders, ex-proprietors of the San Benedetto Theatre, appeared right from the start as the official theatre of the Venetian aristocracy: this status also reflected itself in its elegant architectonic decorative appearance. Inaugurated in 1792, the new theatre immediately took on a position of absolute prominence in the lagoon city, reserving for itself the most prestigious music of the time, the serious opera.